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John M. Gamble

Yeesh. More details on this, from a professor of archeology at the Other Site.

"It gets worse. First, @\WitsUniversity is proud of this unethical publicity stunt. Second, one of the fossils is part of a type specimen. Type specimens are international standards of reference and therefore are supposed to be preserved in perpetuity. [followed by a link to University of #Witwatersrand web page announcement]"

Screenshot of a tweet from @profmarkcollard, dated 09 Sep 2023. The text reads: "It gets worse. First, @WitsUniversity is proud of this unethical publicity stunt. Second, one of the fossils is part of a type specimen. Type specimens are international standards of reference and therefore are supposed to be preserved in perpetuity. [followed by a link to University of Witwatersrand web page announcement]"
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John M. Gamble

This is the dumbest thing that I've read this year, and I'm in the U.S.

Why would you take #hominid bones on a Virgin Galactic #spaceflight trip? What sort of publicity are you trying to generate? Is the University of #Witwatersrand losing students and looking for a way to attract them back?

"... for the promotion of #science and discoveries in South Africa."

Uh-huh.

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